10:29 PM,
Dec. 11, 2013

Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz expects better things from his team after a disappointing 2013 season.

Written by

Sean Isabella
Louisiana Gannett News

The wounds of Louisiana Tech's disappointing and frustrating 2013 season are still fresh.

Many fans thought after a 9-3 season in 2012 and a move to Conference USA that the program was about to turn the corner. Then former coach Sonny Dykes jetted to California, and Skip Holtz, a proven winner in C-USA, was hired to take the Bulldogs' program to the next level.

Even with a relatively easy schedule on paper, it never happened as Tech fell victim to an inconsistent offense, an inexperienced defense and finished 4-8. There were some positives individually, but everyone knows football is a team ...